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January 7-13, 2010 - Vol. XXII, No. 47

The price of passion
The wanton assassination of Salmaan Taseer, Governor of Punjab, could be a tragic watershed in the history of Pakistan as it crumbles in the face of a severe onslaught by extremist religious ideology and passions. The tragedy is that some elements of the state are co-sponsors while others are hopeless accessories after the fact.........



Howzzat	Such Gup
Nuggets	Letters



		Killing for piety Ejaz Haider

		A coalition of primitive emotions Khaled Ahmed MQM is rattled by what the army is doing and is losing its moorings in what one thought was steady political direction. Altaf Hussain is teetering on the brink of a dangerous personality-driven contradiction

		Working with IMF Safiya Aftab Will the 2008 Stand-by Agreement be completed successfully over the next nine months? It's fairly clear that the main sticking point hindering the completion of the fifth review is the implementation of the RGST



		A bit of Schelling, Mr Gilani! Ejaz Haider Time to go for the threat that leaves something to chance



		Monetary policy and inflation Shahid Kardar Inflationary pressures have been a mix of upward adjustments in administrated prices and inconsistent macroeconomic policies negatively influencing expectations of inflation

		Policy debate and ownership Nadeem Ul Haque Excerpts from Dr Haque's address made at the 26th general meeting and conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists



		A new card for Sindh Ali K Chishti reports on the MQM's ambitious rally in Bhitshah



		Last man standing Saadia Gardezi Murder most foul

		MQM’s dilemma Ali K Chishti MQM needs to come out of its student politics days and act as a mature political party

Features



	Tide down Nafisa Rizvi reviews a big new art exhibition



		My merry christmases Sadia Dehlvi on the changing face of a special season



	Mound of the living Sumaira Samad finally goes to Mohenjo Daro



	Together forever Haroon Khalid gets to the bottom of a joint grave in Punjab



	Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan By Ustad Ghulam Haider Khan



	Choose liberally Lubna Anwar advises Pakistani students who wish to study in America



	Dhaka, down memory lane – Part IV Tariq Mahmud 'What Bengal thinks today, the whole subcontinent thinks a hundred years later'



	Writing on the wall Numra Siddiqui makes a film about graffiti in Lahore

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